The ammunition crisis and the dilemma of air strikes: Divisions within the US administration over a way out of the Iran warWashington, DC – Nearly six months after the outbreak of military conflict between the United States and Iran, Washington’s decision-making circles are experiencing escalating disagreements that extend beyond operational assessments. These disagreements have shifted to a desperate search for a political and military solution to a conflict whose escalation has become prohibitively costly. Keane warned that the military options being considered for escalation could backfire. The military leadership expressed clear reservations about a plan proposed last July to carry out harsh strikes inside Iran. The Gulf allies also suffer from concerns about the lack of air defense systems to deal with any possible Iranian response.